Observer welcomes Louis Masur who writes and lectures about a range of topics including Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, the Founding Fathers, visual culture, and the history of Rock and Roll.

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the most influential presidents in American history. He was the 16th president ...

There are a lot of fun facts about Abraham Lincoln that go beyond what we already know. Yes, he was a very tall man, but Lincoln was also an avid pet lover. Throughout the course of his life ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

Here his mother died and his father married again; but, beyond these facts, we know little of ... year 1832 we enter upon the public life of Abraham Lincoln. He was twenty-three years of age ...

Presidents’ Day is right around the corner in the United States, the day the nation pauses to celebrate the legacy of two ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican ...

Here's everything to know about the Feb. 17 holiday, including what President's Day celebrates and which stores are open or ...

While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...

Abraham Lincoln richly deserves his own day instead of getting mashed into the employer-convenient “President's Day.” Doubtless he deserves his own holiday as a martyr fighting to preserve the ...

The 84th Lincoln Pilgrimage, organized by the Gray Arrow District of the California Inland Empire Council of Scouting America, set out from Redlands High School midmorning Saturday and the parade made ...